News

MPowered Mortgages opts to increase LTI

MPowered Mortgages has increased its maximum loan-to-income (LTI) ratio to 5.5 times income. The...

CSS to tackle the Countrywide Challenge

Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS), a supplier of valuation panel management services, is set to...

HTB completes £12.9m development finance facility

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has provided an experienced housebuilder with a £12.9 million facility...

Bridge Help appoints head of sales

Bridge Help has promoted Katie Snodden to the newly created role of head of...

Pure Retirement refreshes Heritage lifetime mortgages for the over-80s

Pure Retirement has reintroduced its Heritage range of lifetime mortgages to the later life...

Slight fall in overall number of profitable BTL portfolios

Rental yields and tenant demand are holding firm for landlords’ property investments, however profitability...

Alternative Bridging unveils pre-approved part exchange facility

Alternative Bridging Corporation has launched PartX Property Finance, a pre-approved part exchange facility to...

Envelop Network to host Mortgage & Specialist Finance Expo

The Envelop Network is to host the Mortgage & Specialist Finance Expo on Wednesday...

Tandem Bank joins Paradigm panel

Paradigm, the mortgage, protection and compliance services proposition, has today (1st February 2023) added...

Further slowing down in annual house price growth

Nationwide Building Society has reported that the start of 2023 saw a further slowing...

Mercantile Trust joins Propp lending panel

Mercantile Trust has been added to the lending panel of Propp, the property finance...

Phoebus adds Mast to strategic partner programme

Phoebus has teamed up with mortgage origination software provider Mast, providing its lender clients...

Gatehouse Bank unveils online DIP facility

Gatehouse Bank has launched an online Decision in Principle (DIP) facility. Open to UK residents,...

TMA Club adds Scottish BS to lender panel

TMA Club has announced the launch of a new partnership with the Scottish Building...
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COMMENT

Comment

The uncomfortable truth about the later life lending market

The headlines around the latest Equity Release Council figures released this month all suggested growth. But I think we need to have an honest...

Are we actually set up to support first-time buyers?

After a summer spent thinking it over, this time of year is often the point where first time buyers decide whether they're going to...

Leasehold reform has a September window – will Burnham use it?

At the time of writing, the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill still has no published First Reading date.  But is it imminent? Andy Burnham entered...

Advisers need an answer for evolving landlords

It’s a tough time to be a landlord. The succession of changes to tax and regulation made in recent years - with the Renters’...

AI doesn’t remove bias. It gives us the chance to manage it

One of the great promises of artificial intelligence has always been objectivity. Machines, unlike people, do not have bad days. They do not favour...

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FCA bans debt management executive over dishonesty

The Financial Conduct Authority has banned Howard Roland Duckett from working in financial services...
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Industry fantasy football league to raise funds for mental health charter

Mortgage and property finance professionals are being invited to join an industry-wide Fantasy Premier...
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Gen H cuts high-LTV mortgage rates by 15 basis points

Gen H has reduced rates across its 90% and 95% loan-to-value mortgage ranges in...
Buy-to-let

Tenant demand rises for first time in two years

Tenant demand increased in the second quarter of 2026, reversing two years of decline,...

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